Night Time sleep help??

I just need some advise and we have tried several options and seam to not find and option... our 3 yr old will not go to sleep unless we have the tv on or play a movie.. and thats fine with us.. we put a timer on it and goes off after say 1hr.. NOW.. in the middle of the night she will wake up crying bcuz the tv is off and comes to our room asking us to turn on if not she wont stop crying... thus waking up her baby sister... we are at a loss... how can we get her over this..

She does have a night light and moon light shines into her room so darkness is not an issue... anyone else struggle with this?? I want to let her cry it out but i feel bad.. we go confort her but wont go to bed without tv and yet dont want her getting used to that since she wont be paying the bill... LOL any advice would be great thanks momma's!!

honestly, the whole tv at bedtime needs to stop

get a dreamlight?

Cora uses her iPod to watch netflix if she wakes up too early. Maybe get her a tablet or iPod touch to watch?

Okay I may get judged for this, but my kids were the same way and would never sleep through the whole night, I decided to ask a Doctor and they recommend Melatonin... I get the 3mg it helps and its been a life saver

it took alteast a year to get my daughter used to not watching a tv at night. it was the best thing I did. Although it took forever she sleeps so much better now & I feel like its a better sleep because when she doesnt wake up she doesnt stay up to watch tv she rolls over & goes right back to sleep. It used to take her hours to fall asleep all the tv does it keep them up longer she is out within 10 minutes of getting into bed now. try a fan for noise & still to no tv & she will learn to sleep without it.

Quoting HotMom21ERF:" honestly, the whole tv at bedtime needs to stop"

This! That's not benefitting her in any way. Tell her that the TV is broken or something. She will eventually fall asleep without the TV being on. She can't stay awake forever....maybe try a radio or something? She probably just needs some background noise.

Quoting Mommy0928:" it took alteast a year to get my daughter used to not watching a tv at night. it was the best thing I ... [snip!] ... within 10 minutes of getting into bed now. try a fan for noise & still to no tv & she will learn to sleep without it."

yes she has been like this for about 6 months now and ughh it sucks because we all kinda loose sleep... has anyone just let her cry it out... anything other musical toy's we can try?? Thanks

Have you tried a sound machine? They work well or what about a projection night light with music or sound arm and hammer just came out with one its about 20 dollars and has 3 disks of different screens

DD has a classical lullaby CD that plays on repeat in her room. Always has, even when we travel we just take an iPod instead.

update!!! day 2 of NO tv at night and no crying so far so good.. she still wakes up but i put her back to bed and falls right back to sleep... i think it will be an easy transition!! Thanks momma;s for your advice...

Quoting 2Girls & Blessed:" update!!! day 2 of NO tv at night and no crying so far so good.. she still wakes up but i put her back ... [snip!] ... put her back to bed and falls right back to sleep... i think it will be an easy transition!! Thanks momma;s for your advice.

YAY Congrats!

Ok mine is only 15months but she has a mobile that when she could sit the top comes off, and turns into a music box / projector. Plays 20 minutes. It shows the animals on the ceiling and blah blah it's easy so she can just stand up, push the button, and go back to sleep. i've heard her do it during the night already if she unsettles. It's been amazing. I think i would look for something like that? some kind of projector that plays music? she's quite attached to this music box so who knows when i can take it off the crib but it's batteries and such so much easier than a tv.